Masonry jointing tool



March- 1 1927. Y 1,619,030

fi.P.O'NEAL.

MASONRY JOINTING TOOL Filed May 26. 1926 anvcufoz Patented Mar. 1, 1927.

UNITED STATES NATHANIEL PAUL-WHEAT), OF 'HOZE, ARKANSAS.- Y

MASONRY JOINT ING TOOL.

Application filed May 26,

This invention aims to provide a simple but effective: tool for rakingmasonry joints and generally to improve and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

1th the above and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings 2- Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention, parts being broken away;

Figure 2 is a bottom plan;

Figure 3 is an end elevation; and

Figure 4c is a transverse section showing a slight modification.

The tool comprising a loop-shaped body which is denoted generally by the numeral 1. The body 1 is made out of a single strip of metal, the ends of the strip, abutting, as shown at 2 in Figure 2. The body 1 comprises an end portion 3 and an end portion 4. The lower edges of the end portion 3 are disposed at an acute angle to the length of the body 1, as shown at 5 in Figure 1. The end portion 4 of the body 1 is diminished in width, as indicated at 6, in comparison with the width of the end portion 3. Because the end portion 3 is diminished in width as shown at 6, and because the edges 5 slant as hereinbefore described, when the. edges 5 are placed on'the work, to permit the finger 7 of the raker (hereinafter described in detail) to be drawn through the mortar joints, there will be ample room for the handiof the operator on the end portion 4, and the hand of the operatorwill not be held into contact with the work, as the device is slid along the work, on the edges 5. r

In order to hold the body l together and in proper shape, its abutting ends 2 are located within a collar 8 that extends entirely around the body. One end of the collar 8 has a tongue 9, received in a seat or notch 10 on the opposite end of the body. This construction stifiens the collar 8. Opposite walls of the collar are slit along parallel 1926.. Serial 1%. 111,803.

lines shown at 11. The material thus freed 1s turned inwardly to form lips 12' which are engaged in seats or notches 14 fashioned in opposite edges of the side portions of the body 1. I V

The raker tool is' of approximately L- shape and includes a body laprovi'ded' with the finger 7 hereinbefore referred to. The finger 7 extends downwardly inside of one end wall of the body 1 and is provided with an elongated slot 16, through which passes a clampingdevic-e, such as a bolt and thumb nut 17. The end of the body 15 of the raker rests on the clamp collar 8. Through this aforesaid end of the body 15, and through the collar 8 extends a clamping device, such as a bolt and thumb nut 18. The bolt andthumb nut 18 serves two purposes. First, it holds the collar 8 tightly about the body 1, and, secondly, it holds the raker tool in place. It is possible to slack away the clamping device shown at 17 and to spring the finger 7 upwardly or downwardwardly into a seat 23 formed in the adjacentpart 19 of the body 1, to prevent the tool 20 from swinging on the bolt and wing nut 21, should the same become loosened a little. The tool 20 extends beyond the end of the body and is used to dress up a mortar joint in places which cannot be reached readily by the finger 7 of the raker tool hereinbefore described. The parts 7 and 20 may be of any desired shape, depending upon the shaft-of the joint which isto be formed in the mortar. Thus, in Figure 4,'it is inclicated that either of the joints 20 or 7 may be rounded as indicatedat 2 2. The parts under consideration may be of any desired shape, and Figure 4 will be ample to illustrate to a person skilled in the art that such changes may be made as is desired.

hat is claimed is 2- 1. Ina device of the class described, a

loop-shaped body, a collar about the body,

angularly disposed finger located transversely of the body, and means for securing the finger adjustably to one end of the body.

2. A device of the class described, constructed as set forth in claim 1, and further characterized by the fact that the end of the body which is adjacent to the finger is inclined, the opposite end of the body being reduced in Wldth.

3. A device of the class described, com prising a loop-shaped body, a collar about the body and supplied With lips, the edges of the body having seats wherein the lips are received, a tightening device engaging the collar to hold the same on the body, an angular raker attached at one end to the collar, the raker including a finger extended transversely of the body, and means for c0nnccting the finger adjustably to one end of the body.

4:. In a device of the class described, a loop-shaped body, a resilient raker of angular form, one end of the raker extending transversely of the body, on the inside of the body at one end thereof, means for securing said end of the raker to the end of the body. adjustably, and means for connecting the other end of the raker to the body intermediate the ends of the body.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afliXed my signature.

NATHANIEL PAUL ONEAL. 

